Roly-poly to me, how about you?
What do you call this common bug? I always called them roly-polys growing up in Texas. My wife calls them pill bugs growing up in the Pacific NW. I was surprised to find out that they are listed on Wikipedia here as woodlice and that they are crustaceans. Hmmm. Other common names for woodlice include: armadillo bug, cheeselog, doodlebug, monkeypea, pill bug, roly-poly, potato bug, roll up bug, slater, and sow bug. Some of these sound good, maybe I will change what I call them. Check out their giant aquatic cousin, the Giant isopod here. Ahhh. I don't think I will be sticking out my finger to let that thing crawl on me or to watch it roll up.
posted by whaaaat! at
3:10 PM
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Ya, we called them roly-poly's too.
~Jef
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